Bethel University Overview

Located in Hampton, Virginia, Bethel University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Bethel is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Bethel University Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Bethel since the student to facuty ratio is 6 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Bethel.

Where Is Bethel University?

Contact details for Bethel are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1705 Todds Ln, Hampton, VA 23666
Phone:	757-826-1883
Website:	ascent.edu

How Do I Get Into Bethel?

You can apply to Bethel online at: https://ascent.edu/

Since Bethel University has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Bethel University?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Bethel, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $11,960 a year. That adds up to $47,840 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Bethel is 16.2%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

Bethel University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 68 undergraduate students at Bethel, with 8 being full-time and 60 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 8 full-time undergraduates at Bethel, 63% are male and 38% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bethel University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at Bethel University. At this time, 3 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 18 countries are represented at Bethel. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, Germany, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Bethel University

In 2020-2021, 68 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Bethel has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 54th most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Bethel

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Bethel University was 72.2%. This is the #506 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Bethel regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.